Blanton v. State

Tbe opinion of tbe court was delivered by

Andeks, 0. J.

On tbe 16tb day of December, 1889, tbe appellant, Benjamin Blanton, killed one Tbomas 0. Click, in Whitman county, in this state, by shooting him with a pistol. Upon tbe plea of not guilty, and tbe defense of insanity, or delirium tremens, resulting from long continued use of intoxicating liquors, be was tried, convicted of murder in tbe first degree, and sentenced to be banged. Tbe defendant brings tbe cause to this court for review, and claims a reversal of tbe judgment of tbe court below for errors alleged to have been committed on tbe…